2. New Haven, Connecticut

The city will give you an interest-free, $10,000 assistantship to help cover closing costs or a down-payment on a home — and it’s 100% forgivable so long as you stay in your new home for five or more years.

But there’s more to this incentive program.

New Haven is future-minded, which is why they’re offering movers $30,000 to make energy-saving upgrades to their homes.

And our very favorite part?

The city guaranteesfree tuition at public colleges to students who graduate from a New Haven public school, or up to $2,500 a year toward tuition at nonprofit schools.

3. Marquette, Kansas

Anyone who’s ever driven cross country via I-70 knows Kansas has no shortage of open space.

The state’s experienced declining population growth since the early 1900’s, so towns like Marquette and have been giving out free plots of land in order to entice new residents.

Marquette’s free plots are located on the west side of town in the Westridge Addition, and the website promises beautiful sunset views over the open fields.

To qualify for the free land, you must agree to build a home on the land within one year, and commit to living there for at least a year after your home is completed.

4. Lincoln, Kansas

Here’s another Kansas town offering free land to qualified inhabitants. According to its website, you’ll be able to see the buffalo roam from your home on the range, should you take them up on their offer.

Again, you’ll have to comply with the city’s requirements for building and inhabiting a home within set time parameters. Contact Lincoln City Hall for full details.

Even if neither Marquette nor Lincoln quite suits you, you might be able to take advantage of Kansas’ Rural Opportunity Zones elsewhere. They cover 77 counties, and benefits include tax waivers and student loan repayments.

5. Anywhere in Alaska

This is probably the most famous example of a geographical incentive.

Since 1976, Alaska has paid its residents to live there via its Permanent Fund Reserve. The payouts are funded by Alaska’s oil royalties and are divided up evenly among citizens.Yearly payouts vary: In 1984, each Alaskan got $331.29, but the check fattened to $3,269 in 2008 with a one-time $1,200 Alaska Resource Rebate.

Generally, residents can expect an average of about $1,250. Not too shabby just for being there!To be eligible for the rebate, you must not claim residency in any other state or country. Check out the full details here.

6. Anywhere in Saskatchewan, Canada

In an effort to attract and retain more college graduates, Saskatchewan is offering tuition reimbursements of up to $20,000 CAD (about $15,956 USD) to recent grads from 2010 or later.

The rebate comes in the form of a non-refundable tax credit, and you’ll see it paid out over the course of up to 10 years.

Check this link to see if your alma mater is on their list of preapproved institutions, and to get full details on eligibility and benefits.

7. Curtis, Nebraska

How’d you like to build your dream home — without spending a dime on the land itself?

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